Why oh why do people feel the need to do this

Saw this on one of my morning walks when I was out at a conference centre in Glen Cove of recent and went for morning walk, and wondered why do people do these things, I guess in this case alcohol could be blamed, and on its own it isnt an environmental disaster like BP has caused in the gulf, but if we all dont as individuals do our bit how can we blame the big corporations

"When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world."
- John Muir

PENTAX K200D 1/90 second F/5.6 ISO 400 127 mm (35mm equiv.)

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Hard to understand much of what people do. Don't see the big picture. Don't understand their connection to it all. Driven by compulsions. Don't understand the concept of consequences. But other than the broken beer bottle, this is a beautiful image and fence.

Yes, why ? Because human beeings are programmed to destroy. And they succeed in very well. Paleotonlogists and other scientists have noticed and dated 4 or 5 major catastrophic events millions years ago (which led to make definitely disappear several living creatures and specimens), until the last one (60 millions years ago) which have led to kill dinosaurs. These events were only based on climate events and/or geological events. This time, human beeing is already responsible for killing several species. I have no doubt about our creativity to go further.

Because their mother is not there to clean up after them? Because they are callous idiots? I'm sure the reasons for some humans acting this way are legion........Pretty pitiful, isn't it? But each one of us that "thinks" can surely make a difference!!!

littering is a very bad thing, my husband always gets mad at me for littering, coz i will put a starbucks cup down in the parking lot, but i say 'they have people that will pick it up' and he says that at least i'm making work for them, and i say, 'well isn't that a good thing?' and he throws up his hands lol so i'm a parking lot litterer lol

John Muir has it right. And with this photo, you've raised the gazillion-dollar question. Why do people insist on trashing the world with their junk? Laziness? Immaturity? Maybe both? It is easy enough to put empty bottles and bags on the floor of your pickup or SUV until you get home, then recycle or trash it properly. I walk my dog daily in a local park. It's a pretty, wooded place. But invariably I find plastic water bottles and grocery bags strewn randomly around our route. Since the oil spill I have been much more focused on the amount of petro-chem products that smother our lives in trash - water bottles, plastic grocery bags, bubble packs on items we buy, and on and on. So much of it is needless. I've begun a personal campaign of trying to resist buying plastic things wherever possible. It isn't easy to find green packaging. In the park I've also begun picking up other peoples' throwaway plastic when I can and discarding it at the trash receptacle (there is usually one within 50 steps of the place the trash has been thrown/blown). It's a small thing, but it is one thing I can do to serve.

True . True . True .
I think each little step that we take about this kind of things is very positive ... even a little step . ( Take a photo and talk about it to people )
And also I blieve each little step that they take about this kind of things is very negative ... even a little step .
( throw something bad in nature )
So there is no way ... we should try more and more to save our planet !

You could blame the drink but it looks like there's malice intended too, either way it's a perfect example of the need to destroy the world we live in that is felt by some. It also reminds me I haven't had a good old rant on my blog for ages! ;)

Yes, WHY? Sometimes I think people (okay not all people) stopped using their brains. And the worst part is, it's not getting better. It seems the "I don't care attitude" is contageous.
A great shot, JJ. I love the dof and colours. Very well spotted and captured.

I always think, "If everybody did this...!" and then I picture what the place would look like with 10,000 broken bottles like that. If everyone threw out their cigarettes or gum wrappers or pop cans, etc., etc., what a mess it would be. So you are so correct. If WE, one by one, don't do our part, we are just as much to blame!